Titan Machinery (NASDAQ:TITN) vs. Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) Head to Head Contrast

Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) and Titan Machinery (NASDAQ:TITN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan Machinery has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Bath & Body Works and Titan Machinery, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bath & Body Works	1	5	11	0	2.59
Titan Machinery	0	4	2	1	2.57

Bath & Body Works presently has a consensus price target of $43.63, suggesting a potential upside of 13.30%. Titan Machinery has a consensus price target of $19.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. Given Bath & Body Works’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bath & Body Works is more favorable than Titan Machinery.

Profitability

This table compares Bath & Body Works and Titan Machinery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bath & Body Works	12.43%	-44.03%	14.45%
Titan Machinery	1.10%	5.91%	1.86%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bath & Body Works and Titan Machinery”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bath & Body Works	$7.43 billion	1.12	$878.00 million	$4.10	9.39
Titan Machinery	$2.76 billion	0.15	$112.44 million	$1.34	13.54

Bath & Body Works has higher revenue and earnings than Titan Machinery. Bath & Body Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Titan Machinery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Bath & Body Works beats Titan Machinery on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works, Inc. is a specialty retailers and home to America’s Favorite Fragrances, offering a breadth of exclusive fragrances for the body and home, including the selling collections for fine fragrance mist, body lotion and body cream, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap. The company was founded by Leslie Herbert Wexner in 1963 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

About Titan Machinery

Titan Machinery Inc. owns and operates a network of full service agricultural and construction equipment stores in the United States, Europe, and Australia. It operates through four segments: Agriculture, Construction, Europe, and Australia. The company sells new and used equipment, including agricultural and construction equipment manufactured under the CNH Industrial family of brands, as well as equipment from various other manufacturers. Its agricultural equipment includes machinery and attachments for use in the production of food, fiber, feed grain, feed stock, and renewable energy; and home and garden applications, as well as maintenance of commercial, residential, and government properties. The company’s construction equipment comprises heavy construction machinery, light industrial machinery for commercial and residential construction, and road and highway construction machinery. It also sells maintenance and replacement parts. In addition, the company offers repair and maintenance services that include warranty repairs, off-site and on-site repair services, scheduling off-season maintenance services, and notifying customers of periodic service requirements; and training programs to customers. Further, it rents equipment; and provides ancillary equipment support services, such as equipment transportation, global positioning system signal subscriptions and other precision farming products, farm data management products, and CNH Industrial finance and insurance products. The company operates in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Washington, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, the United States; Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, and Ukraine, Europe; and New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria, Australia. Titan Machinery Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in West Fargo, North Dakota.